Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling

Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling

Overview

The reunion fruit is a traditional delicacy that must be eaten during the Chinese New Year in Zhuji, my hometown. The reunion fruit is divided into ginkgo and green fruits, and is made by mixing glutinous rice flour and sticky rice flour in a certain proportion. Gingko is usually stuffed with salty stuffing, usually stir-fried with pork, tofu, winter bamboo shoots and pickles; green guo is stuffed with sweet stuffing, usually with bean paste and sesame fillings. Green berries are sometimes made into snow dumplings, which are rounded and wrapped with a layer of glutinous rice. I have posted a blog about ginkgo fruits a few years ago, and now I will share with you how to make green fruits. The green color of the green fruit comes from mugwort. My mugwort was picked before the Qingming Festival. If it is properly preserved, it can be used at this time. In the past, the traditional preservation method was to boil it in lime water and then seal it. Now with the refrigerator, you can blanch it, squeeze out the water, and freeze it directly, which is very convenient. The ratio of glutinous rice flour and sticky rice flour is not certain. This ratio is what I like. In the actual production process, each family will add it according to their own preferences, and the taste will be slightly different. Green fruits are usually tender green before steaming, but turn dark green after steaming. I took photos before and after steaming, and the contrast is obvious.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Mix the powder first. You can leave a small part first and adjust it later. If it is fresh mugwort, it needs to be processed first. First, wash the mugwort clean and then blanch it in water.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 1

  2. After blanching, form into small balls and squeeze out as much water as possible. In this way, you can squeeze out some of the bitter juice of mugwort and make it easier to store. (If you can’t finish it all at once, you can freeze it and store it at this time. It will be fine for more than half a year)

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 2

  3. Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, add thawed or freshly blanched mugwort and squeeze out the water, add a little edible baking soda and cook (the amount of baking soda can be added according to the actual situation, but do not add too much, the finished product will have a strong alkaline smell after adding too much.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 3

  4. Cook until mugwort becomes soft and mushy.

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  5. The test method is to take a little mugwort and twist it with two fingers. It can be easily crushed.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 5

  6. Take a little more than 1/3 of the powder and add it to the boiled mugwort.

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  7. Immediately stir evenly with a spatula.

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  8. Pour the mixed mugwort paste into the dry powder.

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  9. Knead the dough into a medium soft and hard dough (if it is too dry, you can add a little boiling water, if it is too wet, you can add some reserved dry flour), cover it with a damp cloth to prevent it from drying out.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 9

  10. Soak the glutinous rice overnight and drain the water.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 10

  11. Let’s first look at how to make snow dumplings. Take a small piece of dough and divide it into several small portions. Shape a small portion into a bowl shape. (The dough tends to stick to your hands during operation, so you can apply some lard on your hands from time to time to prevent sticking.)

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 11

  12. Add bean paste filling.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 12

  13. After closing, round.

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  14. Roll on a layer of glutinous rice.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 14

  15. Next make the green fruits. Take a small amount and press it flat slightly.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 15

  16. Shape into bowl shape.

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  17. Add bean paste filling.

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  18. Make a circle of pleats on the edge.

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  19. Hold the bottom with one hand and form a circle with the other hand.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 19

  20. Close slowly from bottom to top.

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  21. Do it one by one.

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  22. The prepared snowballs can be steamed immediately, or frozen while they are still raw, and can be eaten as needed. However, it is best to steam the green berries on the same day, as they will easily crack if steamed after being frozen.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 22

  23. The color of the steamed green fruits will change from light green to dark green, and will slowly harden after cooling. They will become soft if steamed again before eating.

    Reunion Fruit Green Fruit & Snow Dumpling step 23